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MONEY CHANGING MACHINE.

No. 420,896. Patented Feb. 4, 1890.

UNITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

TO JOHN GILMOUR, OF SAME PLACE.

MONEY-CHANGING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,896, dated February4, 1890.

. Application filed March '7, 1889. Serial No. 302,863. (Noinodeh) Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES N. ALsoP,a citizen of the United States, anda resident of Owensborough, in the county of Daviess and State ofKentucky, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inMoney-Changing Machines; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to lettersof reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings. is a representation of a rear view of themachine. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 isa horizontal section, and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are enlarged detailedperspective views thereof.

The invention has relation to money-changing machines; and it consistsin the novel construction and combinations of devices as hereinafter setforth.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the invention in itsapplication to a money-changer for use by the driver of a street-car.

The letter A designates a box or incasement, which may be portable ormay be permanently secured in position. The portable form is preferredusually, as the driver is enabled to unfasten the box from its place andtake it away with him when he finds it necessary so to do. To this endthe box is usually provided with a holding hook or arm B, adapted toengage an opening of the door or partition 0, and in connectiontherewith a lockfastening B is employed.

The case A is provided in front with the change-delivery hopper E, andin rear with the sight-glass F and the movable receivinghopper G. In thefront portion of the case are the charging-tubes H H H H which arecylindrical, and in which are placed series of coins in columnararrangement, the tubes H and H holding five-cent pieces" or nickels, thetube H holding quarters of a dollar, and the tube H holdinghalf-dollars. In the bases of the tubes are the slides K K, which aredesigned,respectively, to move out from each column of coin the lowestcoin or coins therein, so that said coin or coins will fall into thedelivery-hopper E" below, whereby they are presented to the passenger,who has deposited the coin for which he wishes change in the opening atL above. To this end, forstreet-car use in nearly all cities and townsof this country, the slide K is made of sufficient thickness to span twonickels, the slide K of the thickness to span three nickels, the slide Kof the thickness of a quarter, and the slide K of the thickness of ahalf of a dollar. The slide K is therefore capable of delivering twonickels or change for a dime; the slides K and K are capable ofdelivering five nick-, els, or change for a quarter; the slides K, K,

and I are designed to deliver five nickels and a quarter, which is thechange for half dollar, and the slides K, K, K and K will deliver fivenickels, a quarter, and a half-dollar, which is the change for a dollar.Back of the tubes is a transverse shaft m, on which arethe cylinder-hubsN N N N to which are joined the levers P, which are connected to thecoin-delivery slides, said hubs having springs S, whereby they arebrought back to normal position after operation by the keys VV V V,respectively. Thesek'eys engage the upper ends of the levers P.

The cylinder-hubs are arranged in succession upon the shaft m, and eachhub is provided at its endjwith a projection or stud a, which .engages anotch 17 on the end of the adjacent hub, said notch being long enough toallow the first lever to work without operating the second; but when thesecond, third, or fourth lovers are operated the engagement of thehub-cylinders causes a simultaneous movement, respectively, of the firstand second levers, the first, second, and third levers, or the first,second, third, and fourth levers. The first key V, therefore, isoperated by the driver to give change for a dime, the second "to givechange for a quarter, the third in the case of a half-dollar, and thefourth in changing a dollar, this operation at the same time dischargingthe money paid by the passenger into the receiving-hopper E. To this endthe receivinghopper E, which has an inclined ledge, is pivoted, and isprovided with a spring 0, which is held up against the sight-glass or astop-plate, the sight-glass performing the office of a stop-plate in theconstruction shown.

J is a bail-lever having an arm (I engaging the inclined hopper E.

The keys above described have upwardtnrned ends or arms, which aredesigned, when said keys are operated, to engage the lever J and drawthe hopper E away from the glass or stop-plate, allowing the moneythereon to fall into the receiver G below.

Vhen'the money is put into the receivinghopper E through the apertureabove the same by the passenger, the driver notices the value of thecoin deposited and operates the proper key to give change therefor. Thisoperation discharges the money at the sightglass into the receiverbelow, and at the same time delivers the proper change into the hopperin front for the use of the passenger.

In order to prevent the machine from delivering incomplete change, eachtube is provided with a stop-piece 7L, which is of greater thicknessthan the number of the coins to be delivered therefrom. This stop pieceis placed in the tube on the top of the column of coins, and as thecoins are discharged from the bottom said stop-piece descends. If thereshould remain in either tube 110 coin, oraless number than are normallyrequired to be discharged therefrom in making change, the machine willnot operate.

As the levers which operate the slides engage only in one direction, theamount of coin deliveredin change is determined by the position of thelever or its key.

In the incasement is arranged an alarm-bell V, which is operatedwhenever the key V is moved in making change and in this manner a guardis provided to call the attention of the driver should there be anyattempt to opcrate the box by any unauthorized person.

IIaving described this invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. A money-changing machine consisting of a closed box or incasementhaving in front the coin-holding tubes and delivering-hopper and in reara sightglass and movable receiving-hopper, the coin-discharging slides,their keys, and the levers, said levers having upper hooked ends engagedby said keys, substantially as specified.

2. In a money-changing machine, the combination, with the closed box orincasement having a sight-glass in rear and a movable receiving-hopperwithin said box at said sightglass, the rear keys, their levers, and thecoindischarging slides, of the front coin-tubes and the delivery-hopperof the same, and the baillever having a transverse pin engaging saidreceiving-hopper, said keys engaging said levers and said bail-lever,substantially as specified.

3. A portable money-changing machine consisting of a closed case havingreceiving and delivering hoppers, coin-tubes within said box, the slidesthereof, their levers operating as described and having upper hookedends, the keys on the opposite side of the box from the delivery-hopper,having upturned ends engaging the hooked ends of said levers, thebail-lever having a transverse pin engaging said receiving-hopper, saidbail-lever being engaged by the upturned ends of said keys, and theattachment devices whereby the box or case may be secured in positionfor use, substantially as specified.

4. In a money-changing machine, the combination of the closur thecoin-tubes, the discharging-slides, the shaft supported in' the closure,the series of hubs arranged to turn upon said shaft and having engagingprojections and notches on their ends, the lovers connected one to eachof the said hubs and having upper hooked ends, springs applied to saidhubs and bearing against said levers, and the keys having their innerends engaging said levers, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES N. ALSOP.

"Witnesses:

VILLnT'rE ANDERSON, MARY BovKIN.

